Miss South Carolina World
Formation1951
TypeBeauty pageant
HeadquartersFayetteville, NC[1]
Location
Membership
Miss World America (1951–present)
Official language
English
State Director
Kathy Keefe Jensen
WebsiteOfficial Website

The Miss South Carolina World competition is a beauty pageant that selects the representative for South Carolina in the Miss World America pageant.[2][3]

The current Miss South Carolina World is Megan Gordon of North Augusta.

Winners

Color key
Year Name Hometown Age
[notes 1] 		Placement at Miss World America Special awards at Miss World America Notes
2020 Megan Gordon[4] North Augusta 27 1st Runner-Up Top Interview Previously Miss South Carolina 2017 and Top 5 finalist at Miss USA 2017.
2019 Megan Gordon[4] North Augusta 26 1st Runner-Up Previously Miss South Carolina 2017 and Top 5 finalist at Miss USA 2017.
2018 did not compete
2017
2016
2015 Dawn Logg Myrtle Beach 22
Miss South Carolina United States 2014
2014 Mae-Ann Webb 1st Runner-Up
Miss South Carolina World
2013 No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 2006 to 2013.
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005 No known representatives from South Carolina from 2003 to 2005.
2004
2003
2002 No titleholders as Miss World America was designated from 1995 to 2002.
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994 Michelle Pitts
1993 Audra Yolanda Wallace 2nd Runner-Up
1992 Reid Swofford
Miss South Carolina USA 1981-1991
1991 Traci Rufty Columbia 21
1990 Gina Tolleson[5] Spartanburg[5] 20[5] Miss World USA 1990[6] Later won Miss World 1990.
1989 Angela Shuler Rock Hill 21 Previously Miss South Carolina Teen USA 1986
1988 April Abel[7] Johnston 20 Top 10
1987 Elizabeth Woodard[8] Aiken[8] 21 Previously Miss South Carolina Teen USA 1983
1986 Maribeth Curry[9] Mauldin[10] 20 Top 10
1985 Ann Margarete Hughes Charleston
1984 Ginger Greer Lugoff
1983 Allison Grisso[11] Columbia[11] 21[11] 2nd Runner-Up
1982 Margo Wood Columbia
1981 Zade Turner[12] Myrtle Beach 21
Miss South Carolina World
1980 Donna Rice Top 15
1979 Lynn Boyles
1978 Cynthia Wynn Top 8
1977 Teresia Ann Woods
1976 Sandra Rene Wilson
1975 Vicki Corley
1974 Donna Lynn McFarland
1973 Claudie Ruth Bell Top 16
1972 Faye M. Breland Top 7
1971 Debra Carol Cooper Top 18
1970 Eleanor Susan Gordon Rock Hill Later Miss South Carolina USA 1972 and Top 12 semi-finalist at Miss USA 1972.
1969 Carolyn Vernon
1968 did not compete
1967 Penny Rebecca Mikell Top 15
1966 Linda Parrish
1965 Victoria "Vicky" Elizabeth Johnson
1964 Nancy Sanders Top 15
1963 Cecelia McBride Yoder Previously Miss South Carolina USA 1963 and Top 15 semi-finalist at Miss USA 1963.
1962 Nancy Ann Harrison
1961 Judy Austin Competed as South Carolina
Rita Souther Spartanburg Competed as Spartanburg, South Carolina.
1960 Dianne Taff
1959 No known representatives from South Carolina in 1958 & 1959.
1958
Miss South Carolina USA 1953-1957
1957 Jean Spotts Top 15
1956 Betty Lane Cherry Columbia 20 Miss World USA 1956 1st Runner-Up at Miss World 1956.
1955 Sara Stone Top 15
1954 Miriam Stevenson Winnsboro 21 Miss USA 1954 Later won Miss Universe 1954, as USA.
1953 Mary Kemp Griffin Myrtle Beach 23 Miss World USA 1953 She competed as Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, then represented the US at Miss World 1953, and finished as 5th Runner-Up.
Susan Anthony Day Top 20 Competed as South Carolina.
Miss South Carolina World
1952 No known representatives from South Carolina in 1951 & 1952.
1951
Notes to table
  1. ^ Age at the time of the Miss World America pageant

References

  1. ^ a b "Important Information". Miss World South Carolina. 2019-04-15. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  2. ^ "Miss World USA Pageant". Archived from the original on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2014-12-19.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ The American representatives to Miss World 1978-1994
  4. ^ a b "Miss World America - South Carolina".
  5. ^ a b c "Spartanburg woman wins state beauty title". The Greenville News. 5 December 1989 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Miss Michigan chosen Miss USA". The Gettysburg Times. 3 March 1990. p. 1.
  7. ^ "Miss South Carolina USA". The Index-Journal. 9 November 1987 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ a b "Aiken student named Miss South Carolina". 1 December 1986. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Norman, Diane (1986-03-23). "Golden Thread is Common Theme for Miss South Carolina USA". Herald-Journal.
  10. ^ The Associated Press (16 February 1986). "Mauldin Teen Crowned Miss South Carolina-USA". The Greenville News – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ a b c "Miss SC USA Crowned". The Index-Journals. 7 February 1983. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Miss South Carolina-USA likes Baryshnikov". The Rock Hill Herald. 1981-02-07.

External links

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